Show GASOLINE ENGINE SAVES DAY by it lands thought beyond reach of water have been brought under cultivation irrigation problems have been elm in recent years by the introduce Intro duc alon of the gasoline engine lands formerly thought to be beyond the reach of water have been brought un der cultivation long and costly ditches have been rendered unnecessary blumes flumes which are always cost ly to maintain have been abolished and large tracts of bench bluff land lying high above a running stream or lake have been reclaimed but irrigation by pumping was not at first a popular thing people in this new west thought that the only way was to bring the water to the land by ditch they thought that pumping water for irrigation would be too expensive or that the water could not be supplied la sufficient quantities ideas as well as conditions in the irrigated country have changed however theories and notions have glyen away before facts the gasoline engine has proven a success it has pumped water in sufficient quantities it has done it so economically that many a farmer with land which would otherwise have remained dry and therefore unproductive has been glad to avail himself of it and has found that he can farm with a good profit many a fine farm producing mixed crops small fruits vegetables and grasses has had no other means of irrigation than by water pumped by means of a gasoline engine |